House debates Questions without Notice

Housing Affordability

Tuesday, 18 September 2007 House of Representatives

Kevin Rudd

Kevin Rudd Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition

2:59 pm

My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister agree with the statement by the Treasurer that there is no housing affordability crisis in Australia?

John Howard

John Howard Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister

I have been used to checking what is alleged to have been said by my colleagues.

Unidentified interjection - Hansard doesn't record who said this

Opposition Members:

Opposition members interjecting

David Hawker

David Hawker Speaker

Order! The member for Swan is warned!

John Howard

John Howard Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister

The previous question I was asked attributed some words to the member for Herbert which were in fact used by somebody else in a conversation with the member for Herbert. In those circumstances let me say to the man who sits opposite me that he has a lot of form when it comes to these things and I will check what the Treasurer said before I respond to his question.